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"Behind the Music" is the fourth track on the U.S. Version of Sticks + Stones. It's a cover of Anjulie's song "Stand Behind the Music".

Lyrics

No you don't stand a chance
For a second in my world
The same old song, it won't last long
If you can't stand behind the music
All the fame, all the girls
And all the money in this world
They don't mean sh-t, better admit
If you can't stand behind the music

So stand up, show 'em how we do it
Won't back down until I see your
Hands up, tell 'em what the truth is
Stand behind the music

You gotta get behind, cross your heart, hope to die
Splash a hype, dash a pretty that don't mean I'll buy
Okay all right already, they're gettin' money
All the frauds, all the phonies, all the fakes, slow down
It's a fast pace world (breathe, breathe)
Look my face in the mirror, say:
"Who the heck am I? Look me in the eye
Is this conviction or addiction or a waste of time?"
Just name a genre, yeah I've tried it
Been doin' this from fifteen to life, yeah
I need a break already, I gotta find it
And for the first time in my life I'm doin' my sh-tck
I wanna stand in this pop star frenzy
Girls gettin' crazed, look at Nicki, look at Katy
Chew it up, make my teeth rot
You think I'm talkin' to you? Then probably not (not)

No you don't stand a chance
For a second in my world
The same old song, it won't last long
If you can't stand behind the music
All the fame, all the girls
And all the money in this world
They don't mean sh-t, better admit
If you can't stand behind the music

Rewind when I was a little younger
Lookin' for a label and a little clean danger
LA had a taste for a new adventure
We opened every "do not enter"
Yeah I was tryin' hard to be somebody
Be the cool kid at the party
Lookin' at me, laddy daddy, hottie hottie, hot tamale
Stranger sizin' up my body, told me I could be somebody
Wait, someone stopped me, went home and I called my mommy
I know I'm not that girl
I still wanna be the leader of a f-f-free world
I'm a big dreamer, I'm a believer
Just try to tell me no, I'ma go full steam ahead, no
Can't slow me down, gotta run this town from the inside out
Block by block, from the bottom to the top
I know just who I am and I know just who I'm not

No you don't stand a chance
For a second in my world
The same old song, it won't last long
If you can't stand behind the music
All the fame, all the girls
And all the money in this world
They don't mean sh-t, better admit
If you can't stand behind the music

So stand up, show 'em how we do it
Won't back down until I see your
Hands up, tell 'em what the truth is
Stand behind the music
Yeah stand up, c'mon let me see your
Front row up to the nose bleeders
Hands up, if you really mean it
Stand behind the music

No you don't stand a chance
For a second in my world
The same old song, it won't last long
If you can't stand behind the music